[ He'll probably never feel special about anything, honestly, but he appreciates the vague stab at sympathy - and especially the fact that it's very low-key and undramatic. Despite the knots his thoughts keep tying themselves into, he really doesn't like dramatics. They make it really hard to pretend that you don't have feelings and keep on keepin' on.
(A coping mechanism that's looking less effective with every second he spends with this thing in his head, but old habits die hard.) ]
I've read it once. But a few more times are on the agenda.
[ Everything doesn't stick on the first time, especially when your mind is all over the place. So another run-through on the flight over, definitely, and probably another couple times on-site whenever it becomes convenient. Equipment check goes in between those first two looks at the briefing, though, according to the procedure he'd always worked under for Ouroboros - and reverting to that is practically instinct.
So he digs into his own pack (past the scarves that he was sorting through when they started talking) and starts taking inventory, checking the edges on the daggers. ]
no subject
[ He'll probably never feel special about anything, honestly, but he appreciates the vague stab at sympathy - and especially the fact that it's very low-key and undramatic. Despite the knots his thoughts keep tying themselves into, he really doesn't like dramatics. They make it really hard to pretend that you don't have feelings and keep on keepin' on.
(A coping mechanism that's looking less effective with every second he spends with this thing in his head, but old habits die hard.) ]
I've read it once. But a few more times are on the agenda.
[ Everything doesn't stick on the first time, especially when your mind is all over the place. So another run-through on the flight over, definitely, and probably another couple times on-site whenever it becomes convenient. Equipment check goes in between those first two looks at the briefing, though, according to the procedure he'd always worked under for Ouroboros - and reverting to that is practically instinct.
So he digs into his own pack (past the scarves that he was sorting through when they started talking) and starts taking inventory, checking the edges on the daggers. ]